
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 25th July 1988.
2 
The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations 1980 are hereby amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3 
In regulation 5 after paragraph (1) there is added —“
(1A) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a vehicle component conforms with the requirements referred to in paragraph (1) but it appears to him that it fulfills its function or offers a specific feature only in conjunction with another vehicle component of a particular class, he may approve the first mentioned vehicle component as a type subject to —
(a) restrictions relating to the use of components of that type, or
(b) conditions relating to the fitting of components of that type,
and any such restrictions and conditions shall be shown on the type approval certificate.”.
4 
In regulation 9(1) after sub-paragraph (b) there is added —“
and
(c) the delivery by the manufacturer with any component which —
(i) is supplied by him other than as part of a complete vehicle, and
(ii) is of a type to which the type approval certificate relates,
of a document giving details of any restrictions and conditions imposed under regulation 5(1A).
”.
5 
In the form set out in Part I of Schedule 1, in paragraph (a) of the notes at the end, there is inserted after the definition of “Category N3” —
“off-road vehicle: Off road vehicles are defined in paragraph (b) of the notes to Annex 1 of Council Directive 70/156/EEC as last amended by Council Directive 87/403/EEC.”.
6 
In Part I of Schedule 2 —
(a) in item 2, in column 2, there is added —“
or
70/220/EEC as amended by 74/290/EEC, 77/102/EEC, 78/665/EEC, 83/351/EEC and 88/76/EEC 3 December 1987 O.J. L 36, 9.2.88, p.1”
(b) in item 9, in column 2, there is added —“
or
71/320/EEC as amended by 74/132/EEC, 75/524/EEC, 79/489/EEC, 85/647/EEC and 88/194/EEC 24 March 1988 O.J. L 92, 9.4.88, p.47”
(c) after item 11, there is inserted the following new item —“
11A
88/77/EEC 3 December 1987 O.J. L36, 9.2.88, p.33 The emission of pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles”
(d) in item 40, in column 2, there is added —“
or
80/1269/EEC as amended by 88/195/EEC 24 March 1988 O.J. L92, 8.4.88, p.50”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Peter Bottomley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
24th June 1988